A lovely bright sunshiny day, but wow a seriously cold blast of wind running along the beach. Today we headed to Holme-next-the-sea a small village just around the coast from Hunstanton, to pick up from where we left off yesterday. There is a car park, chargeable, but we were lucky enough to squeeze into a bit of roadside parking for free! I don’t know why I have become so obsessed about parking for free but I have! Beyond the dunes this fabulous beach lay waiting….
The sand is soft but with quite a lot of stones in it and quite a few people out, no doubt, like me, enjoying the opportunity to get out whilst we still can! As we head off in a North easterly direction the wind is ferocious, making walking into it, as we are, quite a challenge and just to add to the mix, blasting a fine layer of sand with it!
Fortunately the tide is far enough out for us to walk on the wet sand away from the low flying soft sand and save Poppydog from a sand blasting!
Here the beach resembles a moonscape and dodging the pools distracts me from the biting wind. After a couple of miles or so we reach Gore Point, where the beach inclines towards the east and Holme Dunes Nature Reserve begins.
After a quick foray inland where it is much more sheltered from the wind, we decide to about turn, admit defeat to the wind and save the next bit of beach to another day…
What a fabulous parting shot as we rejoin the beach at Holme Dunes and get blown by the wind all the way back!
For now though we shall potter our way back along the waters edge, Poppydog chasing gulls and me? Well just enjoying the moment!
We didn’t go down onto this beach as we have a fair bit of ground to cover today and instead we walk along the coastal path back to the car. From here we travel a couple of miles south to Robin Hood’s Bay.
An attractive cliff side village, with narrow windy cobbled streets leading down to the sea. It was busy with holiday makers (half term) enjoying the gift shops and cafes and making the most of the free parking. Parking at the top of the village we made our way down to the sea.
The tide though on it’s way out is still quite high and the little bit of exposed sand was pretty busy.
We clambered up a lot of steps to follow the coastal path along the cliff top (erosion is very evident) leaving the crowds behind and after lots more steps both up and down we arrived at Boggle Hole.
Not much beach to be seen but at low tide you san walk all the way along from Robin Hood’s Bay to Ravenscar some 3 miles further down the coast. Up yet more steps we were rewarded with our first sight of daffodils in bloom this year.
Still more steps (I have a feeling I shall be feeling rather stiff later!) lead us back down to Stoupe Beck Sands, a lovely quiet sandy beach.
After a quick play on the beach we started to make our return following a series of footpaths (no steps!) across country to Robin Hood’s Bay in rather unwelcome and chilly light rain. 
We couldn’t really see the beach as it was a fair walk down from the road and is only accessible at low tide but this was our view with Robin Hood’s Bay in the distance – it is getting dark – we shall have to come back another day!
Freedom Bird 